Engineers Association of ARMA photographs [graphic]. 1951-1960.

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Engineers Association of ARMA photographs [graphic]. 1951-1960.

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The 42 photographs in this collection are primarily copy prints. Besides portraits of early presidents from 1951-1960, there are group portraits and classroom scenes (it is unknown what the classes were), as well as one undated strike scene, probably from the 1950s. In addition there is a collection of snapshots of women members, possibly dating from the 1950s when female technicians were admitted as members.

42 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x10 or smaller.

New-York Historical Society

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Engineers Association of ARMA.

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Engineers working at ARMA Corporation, a Brooklyn defense contractor, organized the Engineers Association of ARMA in 1951. Company recruitment of new engineers during the Korean War with a pay rate comparable to senior employees was the central organizing issue. Two strikes, in 1951 and then in 1953, drove the engineers to consolidate their numbers with the other unions in the plant. In 1956, the ARMA engineers formed Local 418 of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers....